The Salvadoran woman died while receiving medical attention at a hospital where they were transferred. Another fellow countryman was injured. As many as 60 people traveled by bus, most of them from Central America.
One Salvadoran migrant died and at least one other Salvadoran is hospitalized after the bus they were traveling in turned mid-morning on a stretch of highway in the sector of the city of Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico last Sunday. media locally.
According to information circulating on social networks, at least 60 migrants traveled in the vehicle, some of them from El Salvador. Of the total number of passengers, about 15 were seriously injured and are receiving care at Galeana General Hospital in Nuevo León.
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The accident took place at sunrise last Sunday. More migrants of Central American descent traveled in the vehicle, although the number of Salvadorans traveling in it is not detailed.
The Salvadoran woman who died was identified as Patricia Lisseth Quinteros, 29, originally from the Chirilagua Municipality, San Miguel Department, according to people who knew the victim and who confirmed the death.
Patricia Lisseth Quinteros, 29, died in an accident in Mexico. Photo: Illustrative and Non-Commercial Image / Link: https://bit.ly/3upWNfE
The same sources indicated that Samuel Mercado, Patricia’s cousin, is receiving medical attention. He was also originally from Chirilagua.
Both Salvadorans had left El Salvador for two weeks, with the intention of reaching the United States, given the difficult economic situation they were going through in their place of origin.
Patricia’s death fell on the very day that Victoria Salazar was buried in a private cemetery in Sonsonate; the Salvadoran woman was murdered by a group of police officers from the city of Tulum, Quintana Roo state.
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